Axel (name)

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Axel
PronunciationSwedish: [ˈǎksɛl]
French: [aksɛl]
Spanish: [aɣˈsel]
GenderMale
Language(s) Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, French, Spanish, Dutch Amazigh
Name day Sweden: June 16 Finland: March 23
Origin
Word/name Absalom
MeaningFather of Peace "Cheetah"
Region of origin Scandinavia North Africa
Other names
Alternative spelling Aksel, Axl
Nickname(s)Axe
Related names Absalom Alexander eskil, Kusaila

Axel (also Aksel ) is a Scandinavian, German, French, and Dutch masculine given name. In Estonia, Denmark, and Norway the spelling Aksel is more common. [1] The Finnish form of the name is Akseli. A French feminine form is Axelle.

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Because the Danish archbishop Absalon (1128–1201) was also known as "Axel of Lund", the name has been interpreted as a corruption of the Hebrew name Absalom. Axel arose via Axelen from Absalon, possibly by conflation with the existing name Askel, Askil, medieval forms of the Old Norse name Ásketill, from ans "god" and ketill "cauldron/helmet". [2]

Aksel (with variants: Aksil and Axil) is also a Berber name which is popular due to the historical Amazigh Leader Kusaila (a theory says that Kusaila is just an arabization of the Berber name Aksel). [3] It comes from the word Aksil which means Leopard or Cheetah in Chaoui dialect. This name remained popular in the Middle Ages, Al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Muhallabi has talked about the existence of a kingdom named Aksintila/Axentla which was dominated by Hawwara tribes. [4] [5] It is estimated that this name Axentla has come from the name Aksil. [6]

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  2. Också förväxlingar mellan Askil och Absalon samt Askil och Asgut har skett i fda. Om man nu vill hänvisa till rundanskans askil — i rundanskan finns således formen — borde man ha skrivit 'Fda. Eskil', ty det är i denna spalt man finner askil.En dat is waar. Namn och bygd 62 (1974), p. 183.
  3. Moderan, Y. (2008-01-01). "Koceila". Encyclopédie berbère (in French) (28–29): 4255–4264. doi:10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.101. ISSN   1015-7344.
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